etir

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈedʲirʲ]

Adverb

etir

1. at all
   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 27^c4

     Ɔna tíssed etir in dígal; níba samlid insin, acht du·fïastar tra cenn-som.

     So that the punishment should not come at all; that will not be so, but punishment will be inflicted because of them.

   • c. 800–825, Diarmait, Milan Glosses on the Psalms, published in Thesaurus Palaeohibernicus (reprinted 1987, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies), edited and with translations by Whitley Stokes and John Strachan, vol. I, pp. 7–483, Ml. 63^d1

     amal ní bimmis fíu ní etir

     as if we were not worth anything at all

Descendants

• Scottish Gaelic: idir

Pronoun

etir

1. third-person singular of eter

   between him/it

Alternative forms

• itir